Superstar Aspirations

As a road movie, "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles" is not a road comedy, on the contrary, it is a road action movie.

Among all the TV series and movies that Rong Xu has filmed before, only "Ambush" and "Zhuanghua Luo" have a little action scenes, but in general, his roles are mostly literary dramas, and action scenes are very rare.For example, in "Beautiful Flowers", most of the action scenes were put on Qin Cheng and the second male actor. It was not until the finale that Rong Xu needed to shoot short action scenes.

If the action scene is relatively simple, then the action director can directly teach it on the spot, as long as the shooting effect is good.But if you want to play the leading role in an action movie, it usually requires some pre-training.

Qin Cheng received a 20-day assault training before filming "The Stormbringer". He had to train his muscles, develop a slender and powerful figure, and be familiar with martial arts movements.

But now, when Rong Xu arrived in Washington, at noon that day, he was arranged into a special training camp by Clemence Holt.

This is a huge greenhouse, and as soon as you enter the gate, you can see many workers busy back and forth.Most of them are props, explosions, and action directors, who are preparing for the film's many explosions.

After walking a few steps, Rong Xu heard a surprised female voice behind him: "Hey, Rong?"

The steps under his feet stopped suddenly, the boy turned around, and saw a handsome blonde smiling and walking towards him.She has bronze-colored skin, and her appearance is not very gentle. At this moment, she is wearing a white racer-shaped vest, her arms are muscular, but not thick, with a young and handsome look that can be called handsome.

The corners of Rong Xu's lips curled up slightly, and he smiled and said, "Jennifer."

Yes, the person here is Jennifer, the first-line actress in Hollywood.

Before meeting today, Rong Xu and Jennifer often chatted online because they were going to co-star in a movie, and they were very familiar with each other.Although it was the first time they met, after just chatting for a few words, the two became familiar with each other.

Jennifer smiled and said, "I just joined the group the day before yesterday, Karen is too scary, you have to be prepared."

Karen is the action director of "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles", specializing in designing action scenes and training actors.

"I heard." Qingting frowned slightly, and the young man sighed softly, "Jennifer, if Mr. Cullen bullies me, I will count on you to rescue me from his clutches."

Rong Xu had already taken off his coat at this moment, and put on the short vest prepared by the crew.Next, he is going to do some movement training, as well as wire hanging and fighting training. Naturally, it is impossible to wear a cumbersome coat, and he must go into battle lightly.

Hearing this, Jennifer laughed and said, "I heard that there is an idiom in China called heroes to save beauty. Rong, my Chinese is not good, so don't lie to me, are you sure you want me to save you?"

Rong Xu smiled and turned to look at his assistant: "Do you think Jennifer is a hero?"

From the moment Jennifer appeared, Rosie never took her eyes off her.After hearing Rong Xu's words, she nodded vigorously, and said again and again: "Of course! Jennifer is so handsome, I really like your "A Virus" series, it is a classic among classics, so handsome that I have no friends!"

Jennifer laughed, and chatted with Rosie gradually.

Soon, a staff member called Rong Xu to run to warm up, so the two women stood in the shed and chatted happily, letting Rong Xu walk helplessly under the hot sun and start running.

In the movie "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles", Rong Xu played only a child who was underage.He was young and cowardly, and was bullied by his peers since he was a child, but when he was in an emergency, he was able to shoot a policeman directly, and even took hostages to escape by himself.

Seeing blood, many things are different.

During the [-]-mile flight, Roy quickly woke up from the panic at the beginning, he handcuffed the heroine in cold blood, and drove away.On the way, he killed an innocent hotel owner and an ordinary traffic policeman who didn't know anything. His change of mind is a major highlight in the script.

It's obvious that the protagonist of this film is a criminal villain through and through.But in the script, he was ruthless in the first half, and after killing someone, he seemed to care nothing and fear nothing.But in the second half, he was slowly moved by the heroine.

This is not a purebred love story, the heroine Natasha played by Jennifer is a full 12 years older than Roy, more like his sister.When Roy was injured and unconscious, she hurriedly turned and left, but after a while, she came back and took the young child away.

After that, Roy gradually recognized the existence of this sister-like figure, but he didn't know that the woman who rescued him from the abyss was actually a policeman.In the final confrontation with the police, he stood in front of the woman, but unexpectedly a gunshot came from behind and shot him in the abdomen.

After that, he was sent to court, tried, and sentenced to more than 30 years in prison.

The ending of this movie is definitely not happy, and despite the fast-paced plot and dazzling action scenes of the whole movie, Kerry hides irony in the script.

The whole movie satirizes two social realities, the first being racial discrimination.

No matter how powerful China is today, in fact, racial discriminators are still hidden among the crowd.They are like ordinary people on weekdays, going to and from work, nine to five.But if you talk to him about the issue of race and skin, he will naturally ask you: "Don't you think that group of black and yellow monkeys are like a joke made by God?"

Roy is an Asian from Huangzhou, and he was bullied by his peers for this reason.There is no direct mention in the plot, but there is no place where this social reality is not satirized.

The second point is the juvenile protection law that is currently highly respected in the United States.

In fact, in the United States, such protection laws are not so serious.In some countries, even if you kill dozens of people, even if you use extremely cruel means to torture an innocent and poor girl to death, as long as you are under the legal age, the outside media cannot even publish your name and photo , you only need to be educated for a period of time, you can change your name and surname, and have your own life again.

In the finale, Roy gets his own sentence and Natasha visits him in prison.

Natasha advised him to reform his past, and after 30 years, he can return to this world and get a brand new life.But Roy asked her, "Why didn't you kill me in the first place?"

In the first half of the movie, Natasha's hands and feet were tied up, and she could only watch Roy kill someone.But in the end, she had already gained the trust of this young man, and she was able to look for opportunities directly like many police officers, without saying a word, and had the right to shoot you.

But this heroic policewoman said seriously: "I believe that you can get a new life here."

However, hearing her kind words, the young criminal sneered: "Here, the law cannot give me a new life. My life is already dead."

The plot of "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles" is definitely not a reunion comedy, and it even makes people reflect on depression, but this is also an innovative attempt by Climans.His eye-catching action scenes are enough to earn him a box office hit, so he's looking for something special after the box office.

That's why there is such a movie that is not perfect at all.

The male lead is not a good guy, and the female lead is never perfect.

All the characters are not story-satisfying, and all have great flaws, but this is a movie aimed at awards.Perhaps because it is too commercial, it can't really win many awards, but if it is successfully filmed, it will be a new attempt for all actors and directors.

Rong Xu quickly adapted to the seven-day special training.

On the night of the first day, Mr. Karen said to Rong Xu in surprise: "I can't believe it, you actually made it through? Rong, your performance is better than I imagined, but I'm very sorry." Let me tell you, I will increase your training volume tomorrow. You have to know that these American audiences don’t like purely weak and beautiful men, they prefer strong men.”

Rubbing his sore calf, the boy raised his head and asked, "Like you?"

Mr. Cullen showed the muscles on his arms: "Yes, just like me."

Jennifer on the side revealed it very sincerely: "Believe me, Rong, they like you better. Otherwise, how could your film "Beautiful Flowers" become the runner-up in the US film market this week?"

The two looked at each other and laughed tacitly.

Not far away, Director Climans is reprimanding a young staff member.The director's temper was quite fiery, and he couldn't even raise his head when he said that to the staff member, making Rosie frown again and again: "Xiao Xu, why did Director Kerry become like this? I remember when I came last time, Doesn't he seem like that?"

Rong Xu also raised his eyes to look at the opposite side. Before he could see clearly, he heard Jennifer say: "I heard that old Mr. Holt came to Washington last month and beat up his son." Just finished speaking, Jennifer covered her mouth and said with a smile, "Rong, I didn't say anything, but you didn't hear anything."

There was a look of dumbfounding on the handsome and beautiful face, Rong Xu smiled and said: "Okay, I didn't hear anything."

Jennifer smiled: "But I'm also very curious. Why did the old Mr. Holt suddenly want to beat Kerry like this? It seems that even Kerry doesn't understand why. He must be going crazy with anger."

Rong Xu: "I don't really know ^_^"

what reason?

Well, the old Mr. Holt is really loyal. Not only did he not confess Qin Cheng, he even didn't confess the reason.

Seven days passed quickly, and soon, the launch conference of "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles" was held in Washington.Director Climans has specially invited media reporters from all over the world. Under his previous publicity campaign, everyone knows that he will shoot a big-scene action movie with huge investment. An action commercial in the style of Leemans.

"Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles", this movie became popular before it was broadcast.

Two months ago, Kleemans began to release news to the outside world, letting movie fans all over the world know that he will make a movie, and it is a movie with a lot of money.The movie cost nearly 6000 million U.S. dollars, rented an entire road, and began scouting locations across the United States half a year ago.

Just the fact of renting the road is enough to give "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles" a high degree of exposure.And now, when the film crew held a press conference, movie fans around the world finally saw the luxurious lineup of this film crew.

Director Climans Holt, a well-known cutting-edge director in the United States, is good at large-scale action scenes, especially explosion scenes, station scenes and gunfight scenes.The commercial films he shot have a good market among young people and are idols of many young audiences.

The heroine, Jennifer Strong, is a first-line actress in Hollywood. She is sexy and powerful, and she often acts as the leading actress in action movies.

There are also Oscar-winning photographer Mankado Fran, and the well-known Chinese post-production team that won the Golden Phoenix Award...

Finally, it was Rong Xu.

When this handsome and handsome boy appeared on live TV, some American viewers were puzzled and had no idea who this young and strange actor was.However, after watching the live broadcast of the press conference carefully, a large part of the audience suddenly realized: "He is the prince in "Zhuang Hualuo"!"

Yes, for American audiences, they may not know Rong Xu, but they definitely know the recent hit "Zhuang Hua Luo", and they may even go to the cinema to see this movie in person.

"Silent" only occupied a small number of theaters in the United States, but "Beautiful Flowers" and "Black Clouds" were also box office hits in the United States.

At the press conference, the reporters kept asking questions, with sharp topics, and even directly asked the crew members some scandalous privacy issues.

At the end, they finally started to ask about the movie. The first thing they did was to ask Climans: "May I ask Kerry, why did you choose Rong Lai to play the leading role in such a big action movie? Do you think, His skills are very good, can he show beautiful Chinese Kung Fu?"

Faced with such a question, both Rong Xu and Climans had long been prepared.

Climans smiled and looked at Rong Xu, the handsome blond director smiled, and naturally began to praise: "Although Rong is young, he is one of the most energetic actors I have ever seen. His acting skills are great, and his Chinese Kung Fu is also very good, I believe that after you go to the cinema and watch his performance, you will be attracted by his handsomeness, just like me."

Hearing this, Rong Xu replied with a smile, "I am very honored to have the opportunity to participate in "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles"."

Smooth and beautiful English was slowly spit out from the boy's mouth, with a British accent, pure pronunciation, clear articulation, like a most perfect gentleman.

Rong Xu continued: "In this movie, I will play a boy with a complex personality. He is bold and decisive, but he is timid and timid. Such a character has charm and shining points that are hard to ignore. I am very grateful to Ke Here, give me this chance."

Kerry laughed: "Rong, you are so outstanding that I am fascinated."

The two exchanged compliments, and then the reporter asked other questions.

Long before the press conference, the crew had already confirmed many things. The director's assistant wrote many answers to the questions and handed them over to Rong Xu and Jennifer, including the movie information that could be disclosed to reporters.

In addition, in fact, Climans didn't need to deliberately say that Rong Xu was not a newcomer. Everyone knew that in this kind of situation, the crew must behave harmoniously and unite as one.

In this way, the greatest benefits can be brought to the film, and the film can have better exposure.

And in this crew, Rong Xu is actually the least famous one.

Climans has been famous for many years, and more than ten fingers have made movies with a box office of over 50 billion. Basically, there is one commercial blockbuster a year.And Jennifer is also a well-known Hollywood action movie actress, and her cumulative box office has exceeded 700 billion.

Two hours later, the launch conference of "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles" officially ended.

The next day, all major newspapers and magazines in the United States published news about the movie.On the Internet, the marketing team of the film crew did not miss this opportunity, and carried out publicity all over the Internet, like bombardment, so that the name "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles" penetrated into the hearts of every netizen.

[I heard that this movie will not be released until summer, I really want to see it!Climans and Jennifer are paired together, and there is also a very beautiful Chinese actor, who must be very good-looking! 】

Yes, in the promotional point of this movie, Kleemans portrayed Rong Xu as a "vase character".

The audience all knew that Jennifer was a famous actress, but they didn't know Rong Xu very well. At most, they had only watched "Black Clouds" and "Beautiful Flowers".Before the movie was released, Climans didn't mind letting the audience misunderstand the plot of the movie. In this movie, Rong Xu was the martial arts character. Jennifer didn't have her own fighting scene until the end, but he just wanted the audience to Focus on Rong Xu's face.

[This young Huaxia actor looks so good-looking! 】

Many netizens are so emotional.

It is much easier for them to accept that "Rong Xu is good-looking" than "Rong Xu has great movement skills".

After turning it on, it was different from what the outside netizens imagined. The beautiful and handsome Chinese porcelain doll in their hearts had to shoot super-intensive action scenes every day, while the Hollywood actress Jennifer wore a gentle long dress and was chic and comfortable every day. Sitting quietly in the back seat of the car, as a pure vase.

Roy, played by Rong Xu, was just an ordinary gangster before. The worst thing he did was extortion. At most, he helped sell marijuana.But after that bank robbery, he suddenly began to grow up.

Clemens doesn't care how unreasonable the plot is, he just needs the best shots.So after escaping from birth, Roy's force value soared at a speed visible to the naked eye, which also made Rong Xu suffer, and often had to shoot action scenes.

It was another intense action scene. The handsome and delicate oriental boy was covered in dust and quickly escaped from the gas station.

Rong Xu ran towards the low wall of the gas station at an extremely fast speed. The wall was only about 1.2 meters high. Behind him, three strong men who looked like security guards rushed towards this side while shouting.

"Don't run! It's you, I know it's you!"

"John, quick, catch him, catch him and the bounty is ours!"

However, under the scorching sun, the young man propped his right hand on the low wall, and with a strong wrist, his tough and thin body drew a sharp arc in the air like a long knife.After landing lightly, Rong Xu ran away, leaving the three strong men standing behind the low wall, and hurriedly climbed over the wall to chase.

Rong Xu filmed this scene eleven times before finally finishing it.It's not that his acting skills are bad, but that Climans is too harsh.The first three times, Rong Xu couldn't climb over that wall no matter what, but after he managed to climb over it, Clemens thought his movements were not graceful enough, and he didn't have the effect of exploding eyeballs.

"Rong, you have to be handsome, be handsome with all your strength!"

How can he be called handsome?

The crisp movements, the stern and indifferent eyes.

A camera was focused on Rong Xu's eyes. When he climbed over the wall and rolled slightly to the ground, he raised his head suddenly, and his black hair swept across the back of his head, revealing a pair of dark and fierce eyes.These are the eyes of a child, but after experiencing so many things and killing people, he began to become dangerous and terrifying.

Climans couldn't stop applauding this look, but Rong Xu smiled helplessly, and stretched out his hand for Rosie to disinfect his wound.

The eleven consecutive shootings inevitably caused Rong Xu to suffer a lot of scratches.When the knee hits the ground, bruises form; when the whole person falls to the ground, the skin is scratched as a matter of course.

As an actor, this is what Rong Xu will inevitably experience.On the other side, Jennifer, who was very "relaxed" in the scene, stepped forward, handed an ointment to Rong Xu, and said with a smile: "When I was filming, I often used this ointment to wipe my wounds. Rong, this ointment is very effective. Okay, try it too. By the way, you were really handsome just now, and I believe that after the movie is released, the female audience in the entire United States will be convinced by you."

Rong Xu took the ointment and handed it to Rosie.Rosie pursed her mouth in distress, carefully helped Rong Xu apply the medicine, and muttered in a low voice: "I scratched my elbow again, Xiao Xu, does it hurt? too much."

Three days after the machine was turned on, Rong Xu had no major injuries, but minor injuries continued.When he was filming yesterday afternoon, the broken glass cut his finger, leaving a lot of blood, and Rosie was so scared that she almost burst into tears.

Rosie spoke Chinese, her voice was low, and her speech was very fast. Jennifer couldn't understand it for a while.But Rong Xu said dumbfoundedly: "Miss Qian, you said that I was seriously injured in front of Jennifer. I really deserve it."

Only then did Jennifer understand Rong Xu's meaning.

It is natural for actors to be injured for filming. In Rong Xu's previous life, he had a female celebrity friend who accidentally fell from the coercion while filming, fractured her spine, and sat in a wheelchair for a whole year.

And in this world, Jennifer is a good example.Four years ago, Jennifer fell from a tall building because she was filming an action movie. It is said that she still has a scar on the back of her head. Although other parts of her hair cover the scar, there is a single hair near the wound. No.

Of course Rosie knew this truth, but: "But I just feel distressed..."

Rong Xu's heart ached to death for such a small injury. She couldn't imagine that if Rong Xu suddenly fell from a tall building like Jennifer, he would pass out and blood would flow from the back of his head in large swaths. Then she will cry bitterly.

Hearing what Rosie said, Rong Xu just smiled and didn't say any more.

In fact, the person who loves Rong Xu the most in this world is not Rosie, but a certain man.

On the first day of filming, there was a scratch on Rong Xu's chin, which didn't bleed much, but the skin was slightly torn.This kind of minor wound can be completely covered with foundation, but after taking a bath at night, Rong Xu didn't wear makeup at all, so the wound naturally couldn't be covered.

At that time, he turned on the video chat and said with a smile: "The first day of filming was very hard, but Jennifer gave me a lot of experience. I haven't filmed much action scenes before. This time I have benefited a lot from her guidance." In all his life, Rong Xu has never done many action scenes.

However, after this sentence was finished, there was no reply for a long time.

Rong Xu: "...?"

Rong Xu raised his head and looked at the man on the phone screen in amazement. It was fine if he didn't look at it, but Qin Cheng frowned, and his dark eyes were fixed on the young man's face.

Qin Cheng: "are you injured?"